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Over the past two weeks, University of Oregon President Karl Scholz has been preparing the UO community for budget struggles. In a May 20 email, he listed three factors contributing to a deficit — since projected to be $25.7 million — including cuts to research funding, lack of state support, and a decline in the number of out-of-state students.
These factors have combined to create “a level of financial difficulty the university has not experienced in many years,” he wrote.
Why do out-of-state students make a difference for the university’s finances? They pay more…